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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:
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The defendant, Henri Young...
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...is accused of murder in the first degree.
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It is your responsibility,
as a juror, to deal with truth.
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Rufus McCain was murdered...
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...by Henri Young.
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Mr. Stamphill...
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...public defender...
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...will play upon your sympathies.
He'll use every trick in the book.
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Why?
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To avoid the gas chamber.
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The United States of America
will demand...
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...that you return a verdict of guilty...
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...so that this...
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...this animal...
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...will receive the punishment
commanded by the Bible.
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''An eye for an eye.''
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A life for a life.
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For if ever there was a man
guilty of murder...
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...it is Henri Young.
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And if ever a man deserved
to die for that crime...
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...it is the accused.
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Thank you very much, Mr. McNeil.
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Mr. Stamphill, are you prepared
to make your opening statement?
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Your Honor...
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...ladies and gentlemen of the jury:
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When l was a kid, my heroes
weren't Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig...
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...they were Clarence Darrow
and Émile Zola.
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ln other words, l have waited
for this moment all my life.
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To stand, like l am, in front of a jury
of 12 good people...
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...to plead the case of an innocent man
who's been unjustly accused.
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The only problem is he did it.
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l know it, the prosecutor, Mr. McNeil,
knows it.
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Henri doesn't know it 'cause he can't
remember it, but he won't deny he did it.
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All those witnesses the prosecutor
will bring forth will tell you...
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...Henri Young killed Rufus McCain.
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Now that we all know that,
why don't we find the man guilty...
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...and gas him because that's
what we all know is going to happen?
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Right, Henri?
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What?
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There's only one problem that'll keep us
from wrapping this up in record time.